Dies Academicus: Slavery and Abolition in Global Perspective

With Henriette Rødland, Sean Kelley and Bahar Bayraktaroglu. The three researchers will share interesting insights into their projects and discuss slavery and abolition from a global perspective. The presentations will be moderated by David B. Smith.

Henriette Rødland: “The rise and fall of slavery on the Swahili coast of East Africa”

Sean Kelley: "The Ambiguities of US Slave Trade Abolition"

Bahar Bayraktaroglu: “The Demise of Slavery in the Ottoman Empire”